Press releases
Gardeners asked to get fruity!
August 2012
The BTO is asking gardeners and garden birdwatchers to help with an exciting new study, which aims to discover how birds use garden berries and other fruits during the autumn and winter months...
Woodpigeons hit record high in gardens
August 2012
In the real world of twitters and tweets, Woodpigeons are really trending...
Gardeners going for gold
July 2012
As the Olympic Games come to London, gardeners across the country are going for gold...
Surveys prove benefits of Environmental Stewardship for birds
July 2012
New analyses of BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey data, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, have shown that the management undertaken by farmers as part of Environmental Stewardship (ES) to enhance winter seed resources for farmland birds, mostly under Entry Level Stewardship (ELS), has had a significant effect on their population trends since 2005...
House Sparrows prospering in Wales
July 2012
Latest figures from the Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) reveal that numbers of House Sparrows have doubled in Wales since the early 1990s...
Meadow Pipits dwindling in Northern Ireland
July 2012
Latest figures from the Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) reveal that numbers of Meadow Pipits declined by nearly a third in Northern Ireland between 2010 and 2011...
Scottish Skylarks suffer
July 2012
Latest figures from the Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) reveal that Skylark numbers fell by 25% in Scotland between 2010 and 2011...
Lapwings hit new low; further declines in breeding waders revealed
July 2012
The latest figures from the Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) show that four of our breeding waders have reached their lowest levels since the survey started in the early 1990s...
Fabulous finches flood into gardens
July 2012
Siskins are making a record splash in gardens this summer, as the latest results from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Garden BirdWatch survey reveal...
Scotland's own famous five
June 2012
Following on from the success of a Cuckoo satellite-tagging project in England, the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has now fitted tags to five Cuckoos in Scotland...
Mae Cymru wedi cael ei phedwar ffantastig
June 2012
Yn dilyn llwyddiant cafwyd trwy osod tagiau lloeren ar Gogau yn Lloegr, mae'r Ymddiriedolaeth Adara Prydain (BTO) wedi gosod tagiau ar bedwar o Gogau yng Nghymru...
Wales get their own fantastic four
June 2012
Following on from the success of a Cuckoo satellite-tagging project in England, the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has now fitted tags to four Cuckoos in Wales...
Famous five get eleven new friends
June 2012
The ‘famous five’ Cuckoos, satellite tagged by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and avidly followed to Africa and back, have been joined by eleven new birds to help shed further light on this enigmatic species...
Green shoots of recovery for House Sparrows?
June 2012
House Sparrows are approaching a six-year high in gardens...
How much does your bird garden weigh?
May 2012
Ever wondered how the birds visiting your garden compare with those visiting other gardens elsewhere across the British Isles? If so, you can find out by taking part in the ‘Big Garden Weigh-in’...
New resource for people wanting to improve their bird brains
May 2012
The latest BirdTrends report from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), just published on-line, shows just how well – or not - our birds are doing...
Arctic blast threatens real Easter eggs
April 2012
With eggs being laid and incubated by birds in gardens, the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is reminding the public to keep feeders topped up as the weather turns colder...
Martin the Cuckoo heads for home
April 2012
Great news! The first of the BTO’s Cuckoos is heading for home...
Going for Gold: Garden BirdWatch Results Published
March 2012
The Annual Results for the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Garden BirdWatch survey have just been published, revealing nearly five times as many gardens with Goldfinch but half the number of gardens with Song Thrush...
Bird feeding proves recession-proof
February 2012
While people are tightening their belts, it seems that garden birds are not having to do the same, with sales of bird food expanding amidst the cold conditions...
Blizzard of birds hits frozen gardens
February 2012
Huge numbers of birds have swept into gardens over the last few days, latest results from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Garden BirdWatch reveal...
100,000 homes needed this spring
February 2012
This spring, an estimated 100,000 pairs of Swifts will return from their winter holidays in Africa to once again grace the skies of Britain, and they will need somewhere to raise a brood of youngsters...
Britain's birds need runners
January 2012
It is well known that some of our favourite birds are in trouble...
Brush up on thrushes
January 2012
With the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch just around the corner, the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is helping householders to brush up on their ID skills...
When is a Blackbird not a Blackbird ...
January 2012
when its feathers unexpectedly turn white? Hundreds of Blackbirds with unusual white feathering have been spotted in gardens, the results of a new study reveal...
Scotland's new garden bird exhibits north-south divide
October 2011
Southern Scotland has gained a new garden bird over recent years and numbers of this species are on the up...
Garden feeders support more birds than ever
October 2011
More birds are using food supplements provided in gardens than ever before...
Top environmental journalist honoured
October 2011
Environmental journalist and author, Michael McCarthy was last night honoured at the British Trust for Ornithology’s annual awards ceremony in the Mall Galleries, London...
